Never NEVER Give-up

First let me say I love all the guys who were named. That said, who picked this team? No Off Tackles? Really? All these guards, no tackles? No OJ? Yeah, he's a murderer, but he s/b on the team. Why not a back-up QB? They took so much creative liscence elsewhere. I know I'm a stickler, but we know a team has 11 offensive players, 11 defensive players, kickers & return men. But the selectors in their infinite wisdom just picked the guys they liked and ignored depth charts and positions. Here's my team & the 'extra' guys are for when the Off or Def ran with different sets - hence 3 WRs, 2 TEs etc - but you will see 2 guards and 2 tackles - not 4 guards!!!(Honorable mentions/back-up listed) QB - Kelly (Kemp) RB - Thurman RB - OJ FB - Cookie Gilchrist (Jim Braxton) C - Hull (Bemiller) G - Joe D (Reuben Brown) G - Shaw T - Joe Devlin (Fina) T - House Ballard TE - Metzelaars TE - Warlick (or Seymour) WR - Reed WR - Dubenion WR - Lofton DE - Bruce Smith DL - Ted Washington (Smerlas) DL - Sestak DE - McDole OLB - Biscuit OLB - Stratton ILB - Spielman (MLB) ILB - Spikes DB - Robert James DB - Antoine Winfield DB - Butch Byrd S - Saimes S - Henry Jones Punter - Moorman K - Christie KR - McGee PR - Tasker

Sorry if I mislead anyone. Career threatening was my take on what I heard. It was only reported to be worse than originally thought with no other explanation or information. Does that mean season-ending? I don't know. But I feel it's career threatening if it's a recurring thing - that's all. Lastly - based on his smile, his teeth are fine!

A friend of mine has an aquaintance whose husband works for the Bills - this is what I've heard: (No I am not this Skooby-guy!!!) McKelvin was told to take a knee if the kick went into the end zone. (I had no problem with him returning the kick, I was disappointed he didn't go down once he was hit. Jauron having his back at the post-game press conference was a class move and should go a long way in the locker room and on the field in future games.) As most know, AVP is tight with Jim Kelly. I was told AVP has been consulting the HOF'er on the no huddle and it will resemble the K-gun as AVP develops his play calling. (Sounds good to me!) Poz's arm is worse than is being reported and could be career threatening. (Bad/sad news and I hope it's inacurate. But one has to wonder if Poz is too breakable and not durable enough for the game. I hope we go out and get Derrick Brooks if Poz will be missing any appreciable amount of time.)

I'll tell you what . . . . I'll show you the game on Bflo's channel 7 on Friday night!! Don't say I never did you any favors.

By the way, I liked Buscuit, but I thought he was an under-achiever. If he worked out and dedicated himself, he would have been the LB'ing-equilivent of Bruce Smith. But Buscuit was almost great without trying real hard, so he never did apply himself and that is why you will never hear HOF whispers about him.

JMO, but I never thought DT was HOF material because he was a LB who could only rush the passer. I'll never forget the playoff game between the Bills & Chiefs when Thurman was eating up the Chiefs on the ground. Marty Schottenheimer benched him! If you are a LB and cannot play the run - you're just a pass rushing specialist - a 3rd down DE - those guys shouldn't make the Hall. Just like Tasker was a specialist on special teams - many say he won't make the HOF because of that. Now that they've admitted DT - maybe ST has a chance - but I doubt it. I cannot argue he was a HOF-calibre pass rusher - just not an all-around player. Buscuit was an all-around player who wasn't asked to rush the passer like DT - because we had Bruuuce. DT is one of those fence players who got in. Many consider Andre Reed the same - hopefully he gets in . . . I'll never forget at one point in around 90-93, Jerry Rice said Andre was the best receiver in the game. The Reed-advocates for the HOF should be playing that up every year at the Super Bowl HOF meetings. 2010 looks like a tough one. Rice is up for the Hall, so is Emmit Smith. Some are even saying Tim Brown could get in. If TB gets in . . . (other than numbers) what has he done for his team - Did the Raiders win a SB with him? I don't think they did. It is so critical to look at the period of time when a player plays and choose or deny him based on that alone. TB's numbers are better than Reeds because he played in a pass-happier time for a few more years after Reed retired. Tommy MacDonald is in the HOF - would you rather have him of Andre on youir team? Reed - hands down - but that's my point - you cannot compare two guys from different eras. If Art Monk gets in - so should Reed & Chris Carter & Jerry Rice, maybe Tim Brown - but not if Reed doesn't make it.

Thx - I enjoyed the LB report. Ellison is a great back-up. Good news on Nic Harris & Ashlee Palmer - I remember watching Palmer in college - he was a defensive stud - all over the field making plays. I sincerely hope he and Harris make the jump to the next level (& put Ellison on the bench).

I think the underlying point of the topic is the overwhelming negativity 2 months before they even play a real down. Not happy the coaches are staying for another year? OK - that's your right! You voiced your opinion - now give it a rest will ya!!!! Are you for or against this team? Are you going to cheer for them or hope they lose enough to get Jauron canned (then we can start all over again)? I for one am willing to admit the former all-pro DB knows more about the game than I do. Ralph hired him and he's the guy to hopefully lead the team to the playoffs and beyond. I'm pulling for him 100%!!! I hope he gets coach of the year. . . maybe for the only reason that it would tick-off so many of you nabobs of negativity. So please, if you are a real fan - accept the fact DJ is here for the year and direct your focus, energy and spirit toward the product on the field. Go Bills!! If the unacceptable occurs - and we won't definitively know this until December - then we can focus on rebuilding. But for now the focus should be on whether the offense can average 24 ppg and if the defense can take the ball away more than 20 times in a season and improve on their defensive ranking and keeping opponents to under 20 ppg on average. This is more positive and FUN for all. Reading the constant whining is getting to be so predictable that I only check posts weekly now - so tired of these cry babies!! These are the same people who see a beautiful sunny day and say "but it's gonna rain tomorrow!" Let's accept what we have now - a DJ-coached team - and hope we play .750 ball. There'll be plenty of time to call for his head in January if we play 7-9 ball again. Until then I remain hopeful and will be pulling for my team. I believe they made some upgrades during the offseason, rid themselves of some problem players, and hope the many, many young players take another step forward and reward DJ's and Ralph's patience in them by carrying the team far into January.

Just wanted to comment on the Jets D. They will not be the Ravens D in green/white. Just like the Bengals weren't when Marvin Lewis left the Ravens and joined them. B. Scott is a definite upgrade. Jim Leohnard will struggle (at the very least) without Ed Reed. With their new defensive scheme and the QB position slowly taking shape, the Jests will struggle an offense AND defense. I'm not saying they won't be good - I believe they will improve as the season progresses. They will be no better than 8-8. They will be better in December than they are in September. This year is fro retooling - maybe next year will look better (depending upon how they take to the QB and the new defensive scheme.)

According to the Weather Channel or Weather.com Buffalo has 54 Clear days per YEAR! 103 Partly Cloudy and 208 Cloudy. By the way - that's the 20-year average. I go crazy when the insecure and and thin-skinned Buffalonians feel the desparate need to defend the weather and try and tell those of us who FEEL that the weather is cold, gray & snowy that we are crazy and that Buffalo is actually sunnier than Florida. Sterotypes can sometimes be cruel, but they are always based on some truth. The weather in Buffalo in the summer is better that the weather in Florida any any other time of the year. But as a whole, Florida's weather is far superior to Buffaol's. Weather is what it is - we have no control over it! We must make the most of it. Here's a little more info from Weather.com: City Clear Days Partly Cloudy Cloudy Orlando 90 147 128 Miami 75 175 115 Charlotte 111 103 151 Winston-Salem 109 107 149 Raleigh 111 106 149 Buffalo 54 103 208

Born in 1960 Left Buffalo for Winston-Salem NC in '95 Moved to Milwaukee in 97 Moved to Raleigh in 2000 Chose Bflo over Chicago in 2002. Will eventually move south, but not sure when. Certainly for retirement. When we moved away it was very hard on my wife & kids - lots of tears. But it was the best thing we ever did. We grew up, became more independent, formed friendships all over - our family away from home. We are still close to those friends! When people move away from home - their comfort zone - at some point you realize it is what you make of it. You have to put yourself out there, say hi first, introduce yourself first - when you do that something magical happens. I theorize that for those people who leave their homes and move to a new place - they are all in it together, so there is a natural inclination for one to extend their hand in friendship and form new relationships. When we moved back, everyone here was happy. Did I see my family more - nope. They are not a reason to stay, nor a reason to move back. Thought I'd see my friends more - nope. Everyone is wrapped up in their lives. If they lived here forever, they have that history and established relationships - no time to make new ones or establish old ones (thank God for e-mail & texting!). When you move away to a place others are also moving to, everyone is open to new friends and those bonds form quickly/deeply! Cost of housing - yeah houses are cheaper in the Buff, but $6000 in taxes per yr is a cash flow nightmare. I can afford more house if the taxes are lower. I had a $300,000, 2500 sq ft house in Apex NC (Raleigh). I moved home to an 1800 sq ft house for $175000. The taxes: $6000 here, $3000 in NC. That gave me $3000 more to spend on my house in NC - an extra $250 per month - that's almost a car payment! Jobs - If you don't have a job in Buffalo - it always feels that your prospects are horribly bleek. And it is bleek untiil you find something! Network, network, network - is the only way to find a job in Buffalo - unless you want to sell or collect from debtors. Because taxes are so high, being unemployed in Buffalo is a killer - note the cashlfow nightmare above. Your expenses stay high, but your income is gone. That's why so many choose to move away so "quickly" (according to family members who don't want you to leave), you go much deeper into debt, more quickly here than in other locations. Weather: To each his own. But I notice as I get older, I am less tolerant of inclimate weather. I want to see the sun every day, whether warm or clear/crisp - I don't care. One thing I noticed about weather: When you live in Buffalo - whenever you want to go out or go somewhere - you MUST consider the weather, is it gonna snow, how much, will it freeze. Is it gonna rain, etc. In other locations (NC for me), it always seemed sunny (of course it wasn't - but the breaks between sunny days are shorter) and that helps with one's attitude - you feel better, more alive! How many of you don't see your neighbors between Halloween and Easter? "Hey you lost weight!" Or "you got a new dog!" Winter here can be like going away for 6 months!!! Bills & Sabres - Nothing like being home when they play. And when you have something really important to do on a Sunday afternoon, you DVR the game and you have the roads/stores to yourself - getting twice as much done in the 3-hour period than one can normally do. Then you can watch the game at night (unless it's like the Jet's game late last year when Losman fumbled the game away!!!! - Then you just spare your heart and skip the game!!) Ultimately this area will continue to have trouble as long as we retain the high number of politicians (soooo in it for themselves & not their constituents (sp)). This keeps progress from happening, keeps the taxes high, job prospects bleek, new employers want no part of that story. Add the less than ideal weather and staying or going becomes less of a personal choice than a requirement to survive and move elswhere for work and a better quality of life for you, your spouse & kids!!!!

Actually if TO is a 'good' Bill, for countertops he must choose Ralph's Wilsonart Laminate countertops. Believe it or not Wilsonart is or was Ralph's. Check it out at any kitchen center including Lowe's & Home Depot!

How many 4-3 defenses are deployed in the NFL? Don't tell me it's 8!!!!

I always liked the flexibility of Fredonia. Wake -up & decide to go to Camp - that was always fun. Not worrying about tickets and parking - Yuk! Too much planning. I like my fun to be spontaneous, not planned. It's a pain in the a$$ now. If they truely want to regionalize now. It needs to be somewhere between the southtowns, Rochester & Toronto. It should be in Buffalo or Niagara Falls!! Maybe they can go to Niagara U - but I don't believe they have the facilities. Maybe UB????

The article sez: 'In follow-up meetings with prosecutors, the victim who initially identified McIntyre as the person masturbating at her home said she never actually saw his genitals and was “unable to give other specifics in reference to her allegation,” . Does that mean she couldn't identify him in the Porky's-style line-up?

I agree whole-heartedly with all previous posts. This guy is writing an article about how 24 people wrote to correct him?!?! Has he nothing better to do? Rather - I'd say this is his only way of getting readership - mentioning TO - even though he knows nothing about him, or the game. He just knows if he writes about TO, he'll have more readers. The downside for him is we all get to see what kind of a goof he is in writing such inane blather. It has been an eye-opening experience for me - the Bills picking-up Owens - I have never seen such idiocy follow any one person the way the press falls all over itself chasing every TO snipet! It's an issue when he says he doesn't attend OTAs. It's an issue when he shows up at OTAs. Then they try and say he's disingenious (sp) for showing up when he said he doesn't attend them!! Does anyone with a brain have a problem with TO's explanation? In short, he's saying he needs to get on the same page as TE & LE. Maybe if they play lights-out this year AND he re-signs, then maybe he won't come to the OTAs next year - I would have no problem with that because they would already be on the same page. The made an issue of the jersey number, McGees injury too - ridiculous! Lastly, I must admit I've never been a big TO fan, feeling as though he brings all of this on himself. But since the Bills have picked him up - he's been great. A good teammate, nice to the public on many occasions, and he seemed actually touched at his Buffalo Airport reception - to which the media chided him and Buffalo. Maybe, just maybe, TO is not the issue. I'm sure he loves the attn, but he cannot force the NFL Network and ESPN to follow him around. He can't force VH1 to do a show on him. It truly seems he is less than 50% responsible for all the hullaboo - probably way less! I have changed my opinion of him. I'll let his actions speak for him and I will pay attention to that - not all the garbage being thrown at him (& us) through the media. I have dropped my pre-conceived notions towards him. I welcome him with open arms. And I hope he helps the Bills beyond our wildest expectations.

Oh Tim - one last comment . . . Picture it, the losing coach approaches the podium after the butt-whupping his boy's took and he says . . . . "We practiced outside in the blizzard all week and we were really expecting more snow, but when it warmed up to 40 degrees and sunny (shakes his head), "to a man - we knew we were done". LOL

Seriously, all laughs aside, this is embarrassing! He was ID'd 2 months later! Pretty thin!. These charges will probably be dropped and the arrest will do nothing but embarrass the heck out of McIntyre! How would you feel? Then how would you feel walking into the locker room with all the guys!!!! Geeze, whether I did it or not, I think I'd retire!!!

They can masturbate outside of all of the 59-yr-old ladies houses all they want. As long as they win. That's what our 90's heroes did!! errr, they won!

Yesterday, I sent Chris Brown an e-mail asking him to characterize Pisa's visit and if the Bills are going to sign him. Chris just replied . . "Nothing imminent from what I'm being told. Good visit though." Now we know exactly nothing more than we did yesterday. I'm going to go slam my hand in the car door!!! Or perhaps my head into a brick wall !!!

Tim: Any word from you or your fellow bloggers on the status or results of Pisa T's visit with the Bills on Wed 5/13???

. . . Yes. True. But an upgrade over our garbage. We should sign & at least bring to camp, anyone we think can help the team and upgrade a position. Pisa is an upgrade over Ellison.

I sent a note to Chris Brown, asking if Pisa T signed, left town, had friendly talks, or may sign shortly? Anything. Anything!! It cracks me up that we have 3 local TV stations, the Bflo News' 3-4 reporters, The D&C's 2 reporters and Chris Brown living at OBD and they never seem to get the scoop on what the Bills are doing!!! If I were Chris Brown, I'd be sitting in the OBD lobby the day of Pisa's visit with a newspaper (with 2 holes in it) and watching for anything that transpired. Granted, he's a schill for the Bills so he can't say squat until they tell him he can. So what about all these other "reporters" - how about one camps out at the airport and one at OBD - they could communicate with each other and say when he landed and when he's leaving OBD for the airport. Then when he arrives, ask him how the discussions went, did he sign, is he hoping for an offer, etc!!! These "reporters" are impotent. They scour the net like we do looking for scraps of info. They need to get of their a**es and dig for the story!!

Funny how the Navy-guy recognizes the gayness!!!

The Bills record has been bad - in throwbacks I'm sure it's no different.